the purposes for which CRDC collects, holds, uses and discloses personal information

how an individual may access and seek the correction of personal information that is held by CRDC

how an individual may complain about a breach of the APPs by CRDC, and how the CRDC will deal with such a complaint, and

whether the CRDC is likely to disclose personal information to overseas recipients and, if so, the countries in which such recipients are likely to be located.

Information collected when you look at this website

CRDC collects information that you choose to give us, for example your email address if you contact us.

If you visit CRDC’s site to read or download information, the CRDC records the following information for statistical purposes:

your server address and associated country

your top level domain name (e.g. gov, .com, .edu, .org, .au, .nz etc)

pages you accessed and the documents you downloaded

search terms you used

date and time you visited the site

previous site you visited

your operating system (e.g. Windows, Mac)

type of browser you use (e.g. Internet Explorer).

Access to information collected when you look at this website

CRDC will not attempt to identify non-web registered users or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect the CRDC’s Internet Service Provider's logs.

Individuals have the right to access their personal information, and the right to have that information corrected if it is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date. This can be done by contacting CRDC via phone, email or post:

Use of information collected when you look at this website

CRDC only uses your personal information for the purposes for which you gave it to it and for the purpose of communicating about the CRDC’s activities in relation to managing cotton research, development and extension. This includes the cotton industry’s joint extension program, CottonInfo, of which CRDC is one of three joint partners.

Your personal information will not be used or disclosed for any other purpose (including with other government agencies) without your consent, unless this is expressly authorised under the Australian Privacy Principles.

CRDC analyses non-identifiable aggregated website traffic data to help us improve the structure, functionality and content of this website. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.